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==FIBIS resources==
==FIBIS resources==
*FIBIS database: [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1135&s_id=340 Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers] Currently (2017/6/16) consists of  IOR/L/MIL/10/122-123, 1790-1839 but additional years are to follow.
*FIBIS database: [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1135&s_id=340 Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers] Currently (2017/6/16) consists of  IOR/L/MIL/10/122-123, 1790-1839 but additional years are to follow.
*FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137  Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/ L/MIL/14/214 & 215. Includes  previous members of the Bengal,[[Madras Army|Madras]] and  [[Bombay Army|Bombay Armies]], including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the [[Indian Army]] which officially was formed in 1895.  These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2  ([https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/774116 catalogue entry]), however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.<ref>Bailey, Peter [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/785900/ Army Records] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 20 March 2012. Retrieved  6 September 2018.</ref>
*FIBIS database: [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137  Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/ L/MIL/14/214 & 215. Includes  previous members of the Bengal,[[Madras Army|Madras]] and  [[Bombay Army|Bombay Armies]], including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the [[Indian Army]] which officially was formed in 1895.  These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2  ([https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/774116 catalogue entry]), however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.<ref>Bailey, Peter [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/785900/ Army Records] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 20 March 2012. Retrieved  6 September 2018.</ref>
*FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=494&s_id=186  Applications for Cadetships in EIC Armies 1789-1860] includes Bengal Army. These are records for officers.
*FIBIS database: [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2159&s_id=1117 Applications for Cadetships in the EIC Armies (Index)] includes Bengal Army. These are records for officers.
*FIBIS database :[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 Lives of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834] Index to book of same name by V. C .P. Hodson, 4 vols. Recommended on [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Military_reading_list#HEIC_armies Fibiwiki Military Reading List]
*FIBIS database: [https://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 Lives of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834] Index to book of same name by V. C .P. Hodson, 4 vols. Recommended on [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Military_reading_list#HEIC_armies Fibiwiki Military Reading List]. Also see Books, below.
*FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=378&s_id=14  War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army 1863]. Transcriptions from the book  ''Ubique : War Services of all the Officers of HM's Bengal Army'' by Thomas C Anderson 1863. This book is available on LDS microfilm 2105290 Item 2 ([https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/819733?availability=Family%20History%20Library catalogue entry]), however Peter Bailey has advised the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.
*FIBIS database: [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=378&s_id=14  War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army 1863]. Transcriptions from the book  ''Ubique : War Services of all the Officers of HM's Bengal Army'' by Thomas C Anderson 1863. This book is available on LDS microfilm 2105290 Item 2 ([https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/819733?availability=Family%20History%20Library catalogue entry]), however Peter Bailey has advised the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.
*"Edward Squibb-Letters from a Bengal Cadet" by Charles Gordon Clark  ''FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012)'' pages 15-24. Edward Squibb arrived in 1820. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article
*"Edward Squibb-Letters from a Bengal Cadet" by Charles Gordon Clark  ''FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012)'' pages 15-24. Edward Squibb arrived in 1820. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article
*"The Clark Brothers - Life in the Bengal Army" by Charles Gordon Clark  ''FIBIS Journal Number 29 (Spring 2013)'' pages 3-14. Gordon Wyatt Clark arrived in 1842 age 20. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article
*"The Clark Brothers - Life in the Bengal Army" by Charles Gordon Clark  ''FIBIS Journal Number 29 (Spring 2013)'' pages 3-14. Gordon Wyatt Clark arrived in 1842 age 20. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article

Revision as of 14:00, 6 September 2018

Bengal Army
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List of Bengal Army Regiments
Bengal Infantry Regiments
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Bengal Artillery
Bengal Horse Artillery
Bengal Sappers and Miners
East India Company Army

The Bengal Army was one of the three Presidency Armies of the East India Company.

A list of Bengal Army regiments can either be found in the Bengal Army Category or alphabetically, by type, in Bengal Army Regiments.

Divisions

FIBIS resources

See Also

The Batta Mutiny of 1766

Records

Main article: East India Company Army

British Library

Records available in the British Library India Office holdings include:

Subcategories
  • L/MIL/10/1-19 Bengal Army Lists, 1781-1849.
  • L/MIL/10/20-69 Bengal Service Army Lists, 1759-1858
  • L/MIL/10/70-74 Bengal Service Army Lists – Medical, c1765-1858
  • L/MIL/10/75-102 Bengal Services, 1860-1893
  • IOR/L/MIL/10/122-129 Registers of Bengal Army European Soldiers 1788-1860. Please note that these records were commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. They are the recommended records to look at initially for men serving from 1831. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
Update June 2017. Some transcribed records in this series are now available in the FIBIS database. Refer FIBIS resources above.
  • The Muster Rolls commence IOR/L/MIL/10/130-185
  • L/MIL/10/301-326 Bengal Army Discharges, 1820-1882. The FamilySearch catalogue provides additional information about these records: "Between 1859-1861 the EIC European forces (of which the Bengal Army was a part of) were transferred to the British Army. Discharge papers are for those men who chose to take an unpensioned discharge rather than be transferred into the regular British Army".
FamilySearch (LDS (Mormons)) have filmed many of these records, most of which are now available as digitised microfilm. Search the FamilySearch catalogue by entering keywords such as Bengal Army. In particular, “Registers of Bengal Army European soldiers, 1788-1860” and “Bengal Army muster rolls and casualty returns, 1716-1860” are available.
Note: Microfilm ordering services ceased September 2017, however selected microfilms have been digitised and are currently available for viewing on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre or FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Locate these records through the FamilySearch catalogue. It is expected that in time all microfilms will be similarly available in this format. See FamilySearch Centres for viewing details.
  • Military Department Library: Bengal Army IOR/L/MIL/17/2 1791-1903 includes
    • Bengal Army List IOR/L/MIL/17/2/1-267 1819-1889
    • Bengal Army: General and Regimental Histories, Biographical Compilations, Indian Mutiny IOR/L/MIL/17/2/474-505 1845-1927
  • Soldiers’ and Officers’ Wills IOR/L/AG/34/30 1825-1881 (varies according to Presidency and whether a soldier or an officer). These records are available on findmypast

Books

  • List of the Officers of the Bengal Army, 1758-1834 by V. C .P. Hodson, 4 vols. (London, 1927-47) Note that the dates refer to the date of joining the Army. Alphabetically arranged and annotated with biographical and genealogical notices, giving details of: (1) rank and brief career history (2) family information (3) service records: regiments or battalions in which the officer served (4) references to wills if they exist, to monumental inscriptions, or to mentions in publications. The British Library shelfmark is OIR.355.332.
    A description of the fascinating information contained in the appendices is explained in Bengal army officers names nationalities fatalities and a phantom Untold Lives blog of the British Library.
    FIBIS has transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on the FIBIS database.
    The LDS (Mormon) Family History Library filmed the above books (catalogue entry), which currently (2018/09) are only partially available as digitised microfilm. It had been recommended that all three LDS films be viewed, as there is a lot of cross referencing. [2] See FamilySearch Centres for access information.
  • Ubique: War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army by T.C. Anderson, originally published 1863, is available in reprint editions.[3] Data from this book is available on the FIBIS database, refer above.

External links

Historical books online

‪Abstract of General Orders from 1846 to 1847 Inclusive with a preceding Index 1840-1847 Compiled by Captain O Cavanagh Delhi 1848 Google Books
Abstract of General Orders from 1847 to 1849 Inclusive Compiled by Captain O Cavanagh Delhi 1851
Abstract of General Orders for 1850-1851 with Index compiled by Captain O Cavanagh Delhi 1852
Part 1– Appointed 1768, Part 2- Sir Eyre Coote's Campaigns of 1781, 1782, and 1783, Part 3- Campaigns in India –includes General Stuart's Operations; General Goddard's March; and the Proceedings of the Bombay Army and its Government, Part 4- includes Popham’s Capture of Gwalior; General Goddard’s Operations, Campaigns of Lord Cornwallis, Siege of Bangalore, Part 5 March to Seringapatum, Part 6, Part 7
"Lieutenant -Colonel Richard Scott" from The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 1, page 315 by by John Philippart 1823 Google Books

References

  1. Bailey, Peter Army Records Rootsweb India Mailing List 20 March 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. Murphy , Sylvia Author - Major VCP Hodson Scroll down. Rootsweb India Mailing List 11 Sept 2000. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. Naval and Military Press, Savannah Publications, London.
  4. peterharrington.co.uk. Accessed 21 September 2016.